TEHRAN – A massive fire at an oil refinery near Iran’s capital burned into a second day Thursday as firefighters struggled to extinguish the flames.
The fire began at the state-owned Tondgooyan Petrochemical Company to the south here on Wednesday night, sending a huge plume of black smoke into the sky over the capital.
The Oil Ministry’s SHANA news agency said the fire broke out over a leak in two waste tanks at the facility.
Authorities initially suggested the flames affected a liquified petroleum gas pipeline at the refinery.(AP)
